City Wide Medical Grand Rounds: Colleen R. Kelly

Women's College Hospital – FM Hill Lecture:

Gut Bugs and Fecal Transplants: Targeting the Microbiome to Treat Disease

Colleen R. Kelly, MD FACG

Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Women’s Medicine Collaborative, The Miriam Hospital

Learning objectives:

At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:

1. Describe fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) for the treatment of C. difficile infections
2. Summarize methods of donor selection and administration of FMT
3. Recognize challenges to safe and widespread implementation of this therapy.
4. Consider how manipulation of gut microbiota may have a role in the pathophysiology and treatment of non-GI diseases.

Hosted at:

Women’s College Hospital – Conference Centre Auditorium, Rm. 2501 (Level 2)

Interactive videoconference:

Baycrest – Telehealth Boardroom
Sinai Health – Bridgepoint – G.001
Sinai Health – MSH – Main Auditorium, 18th Floor
St. Michael’s – LKSKI - Keenan Research Centre Auditorium - 2nd Fl.
Sunnybrook – Bayview – McLaughlin Lecture Theatre, EG 61
Sunnybrook – St. John’s Rehab – S3 Room 332
UHN – Toronto General – Eaton Ground 025/026
UHN – Toronto Western – Main Auditorium, 2W 401
West Park – R3 Sunroom

Questions will be accepted via uoft.cwmgr@gmail.com and